Tea-kettle cover.



F. H. WESTBURY.

TEA KETT/LE COVER. APPLICATION HLED 1AN.9. 1914.

Patented July 20, 1915.

FRANK H. wEsTBURY, or LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA, AssIGNoR To MANUFACTURING.CO.,1OE LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

TEAXETTLE COVER. Y

To aZZ whom t may concern l Be it known that I, FRANK H. VVSTBURY, o

av subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at the city of London, in the county of .Middlesex in the Frovince of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Tea-Kettle Cover, of which the following is a specification.

Thisi vention relatesvto certain new and,

useful improvements in domestic cooking vessels. Y

An object of the invention 1s to provide a cover for a tea-kettle or similar Vesselthat will be effectively retained in'positionon the body when the handle of the vessel is in a vertical position, and whichfcover may be readily removed only when the handle is in va horizontal' position.

These objects are obtained by a device which is extremely simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture and the ef` iicient operation thereof will be readily apparent. y

With the above and other. objects in View which will appear as the nature vof the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combinationand arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and then claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing by like characters throughout the several views, and wherein Y Figure 1 is a side elevational View of a kettle part y broken away, illustrating my invention.. Fig. 2 is a perspective view with the cover removed, and, Fig. 3 is a perspec- I tive view of the cover with the retaining member. Y Y

Referring more particularly to thevdrawing accompanying this application, 10 designates a tea-kettle provided with an opening in the upper wall or top thereof and further provided with the usual spout 11. The upper wall of the kettle 10 is provided with a pair of diametrically-oppositely-disposed upstanding lugs 12 and carried by the said lugs 12 are inwardly-directed ears 13.

' A handle 14 is provided, the bail 15 of which has its ends passing through suitable openings provided in the lugs 12 and bent as at 16 to constitute retaining means therefor. The handle 14 is held in a substantially horizontal positionwhen caused to be moved to either side of the kettleby engaging the ears 13 carried by the lugs 12.

' specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 19115k applicati@ med January e, 1914. serial No. 811,503. l Y

THE MCCLARY Mounted in the'openingformed the topl y of the kettle 10 is a cover 17. #The cover 17 j is provided withjaV depending annular liange..l or collar 18 to be received within s'aid-open-pv ing and with a laterally-extending iiange 19* resting on the top wall of the opening.

4Means .are provided which will prevent f the cover 17 from being wholly removed direction. VThis memher20 is constructedVV i preferably fromvwire and is providedl with an angular bend' 21and continues as: at 22.

. Asuitable opening is provided in the top p ywall of the kettle 10 at a point intermediate one of the lugs 12 and the opening in Athe kettle, for theV reception Aof the wire-retaining member 20.

With the bail 15 in upright or vertical position, the cover 17 may be turned laterally and substantially clear the illingopening of the kettle as shown in Fig. 2. Unless the cover be swung around laterally, either to one side or the other, to an extent'which 'i will bring the entire cover beyond the verticalV plane occupied by the bail, it isimpossible to tilt the cover on its retaining member 20 sufficiently to permit of said member being withdrawn from the aperture in the kettle top, sincek the covery would contact either with the handle 14 or bail 15.7` Also,A with the cover raised as in Fig. v2 to permit its being turned laterally, the bend 21 of the Y retaining member has been so positioned with relation to the adjacent lug l2, that a vtilting of the cover to withdraw the retaining member would bring the Vbend 21 into engagement with the lug, thus arresting the vse withdrawing movement. With the bend 21 down close to the kettle top however, as in Fig. 1 and the bail swung overhorizontally resting upon the ears 13, and out of the way of the cover, the latter may be readily tilted at such angle as to allow of the withdrawal of the retaining member.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl is f 1. `A kettle'having Vits top furnished with two oppositely-alined upstanding lugs, each provided with a pair of inwardly-projecting ears, the kettle having an opening in the top adjacent to one of the lugs, a handlebail having its endslooped through the lugs, and a cover having an approximately-Z-shaped retaining member arranged to project through the opening to permit lateral swinginO' of the cover, the intermediate bend of the member being disposed to contact with the adjacent lug and ears to prevent removal of the cover except when the bail is in horizontal position.

2. ln a device of the class described, a kettle, oppositely disposed lugs carried thereby, a pair or' opposed inwardly directed ears carried by each lug, there being an opening in each lng, handle bail having its ends secured in the lug openings, a cover for the kettle, a Wire member carried by the cover, an outwardly bent portion intermediate the lends of the 'Wire member, there being an opening in said kettle in vertical alinement Witht-he ears or' one lug adapted to receive said Wiremember to retain the cover on the kettle. i

3. A device of the class described, comprising a kettle, upstanding bail supporting lugs carried by said kettle, opposedinivardly directed ears carried by said lugs, there being an opening in the upper Wall ot the kettle, a cover for the kettle, a Wire member projecting laterally from one edge of the cover having a portion thereof extending in a horizontal plane, the remaining portion being bent in opposite directions with the free end of the same received in the aforesaid opening.

fl. A device of the class described comprising a kettle, a cover therefor, lugs carried by the kettle, inwardly directedears carried by the lugs, a bail carried by said lugs, and

Wire member carried by the cover bent to substantially Z-shapeassociated With said kettle, lugs and ears to prevent removal of the cover from the kettle.

ln testimony whereof, l, have signed in the presence of the two undersigned Witnesses. FRANK H. WESTBURY.. Witnesses l?. J. EDMUNDS, E. A. BEDFORD.

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